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USDA is Teaming Up With Microsoft; July Has Been Busy House Agriculture Committeehttp://kffm.com/usda-is-teaming-up-with-microsoft-july-has-been-busy-house-agriculture-committee/
http://kffm.com/usda-is-teaming-up-with-microsoft-july-has-been-busy-house-agriculture-committee/#commentsWed, 29 Jul 2015 13:22:33 +0000Associated Presshttp://newstalkkit.com/?p=322123Continue reading…]]>USDA will partner with Microsoft to launch the "Innovation Challenge," a contest designed to explore how climate change will impact the United States' food system. The challenge invites entrants to develop and publish new applications and tools that can analyze multiple sources of information about the nation's food supply, including key USDA data sets that are now hosted on Microsoft Azure, Microsoft's cloud-computing platform. The challenge o

]]>http://kffm.com/fast-casual-coffee-shops-gaining-ground-microsoft-demonstrated-new-farm-data-dashboard/feed/0Skype Is Worth 8.5 Billion To Microsofthttp://kffm.com/skype-is-worth-8-5-billion-to-microsoft/
http://kffm.com/skype-is-worth-8-5-billion-to-microsoft/#commentsTue, 10 May 2011 16:40:34 +0000Rik Mikalshttp://kffm.com/?p=4165Continue reading…]]>Microsoft is set to shell out big bucks - a whopping $8.5 billion - to buy Skype Global, the NY Times is reporting.

According to the report, the deal will allow Microsoft to leverage Skype, which last year had 207 billion minutes of voice and video conversations, on platforms including Xbox 360, Kinect and Outlook.

"Skype is a phenomenal service that is loved by millions of people around the world. Together we will create the future of real-time communications so people can easily stay connected to family, friends, clients and colleagues anywhere in the world," Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, said Tuesday in a statement.